Andykempster Posted July 9, 2019 Posted July 9, 2019 Copies advertised on Discogs quote Presswell Pressing Does this have any particular significance? Look forward to any info thanks in advance, Andy
Chalky Posted July 10, 2019 Posted July 10, 2019 No Andy just refers to the plant that pressed the record. 1
Blackpoolsoul Posted July 10, 2019 Posted July 10, 2019 Chalky as usual is spot on I am posting a list of pressing identifiers to help (it's quite big but useful me thinks and hope) Sorry if I am repeating something that has been done before ❀ flower and bird motifs to the right of AZ = Brian Gardner. ⓤ = Pressed by United Record Pressing 0 or () = Capitol Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Jacksonville —◁ = Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester ✲ or ☆ (prior to '64) = Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles ◈-P-◈ = MCA Pinckneyville ⧈-G-⧈ = MCA Gloversville ◆ & 2 = Decca or MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville ✤ & 1 = Decca or MCA Pressing Plant, Gloversville ◈ & 3 = Decca or MCA Pressing Plant, Richmond △ = Sheffield ▭◯▭ = Sonic Arts a, Q, O = Check Allied Record Company @ (DC Interlocked) = Dave Crawford (2) AL = Allentown Record Co. Inc. AR or ARC = Allied Record Company ARP or 𝓐𝓡𝓟 = American Record Pressing Co. BW = Bestway Products Inc. CS or CSM = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria CT or CTH = Columbia, Terra Haute, IN CP = Columbia, Pitman, NJ G or G1 = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA H = (RCA Releases) RCA Records Pressing Plant, Hollywood HRM = Hauppauge Record Manufacturing Ltd. I = (RCA Releases) RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis IAM 'Triangle' or Anvil = Capitol Scranton, PA LP = Shelley Products (London label) LY = Shelley Products (Atlantic label) MG or MGS = MGM Record Mfg. Division, Bloomfield, NJ MO = Monarch Record Mfg. Co. MR = Monarch Record Mfg. Co. PH = PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN P, PIT = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman PL or PP = Plastic Products PR = Presswell PRC = PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN PRC-C or PRC-W = PRC Recording Company, Compton, CA RI = Philips Recording Co., Richmond, IN R = (RCA Releases) RCA Records Pressing Plant, Rockaway SH = Shelley Products (Parrot label) SO = Sonic Recording Products, Inc. SP = Specialty Records Corporation Ƨ, S, SI, S S2, = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria (Ƨ) in a circle = Shelley Products sᴛᴇʀʟɪɴɢ or SS = Sterling Sound (mastering) TI, TII, TII, CT or CTH = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute T, 1T, T1, 2T, T2 = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute X (Embossed) = Shelley Products A&M Records label codes; X = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman Y or y = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute Z = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria W = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA C = Monarch Record Mfg. Co. (pre-1985), Electrosound Los Angeles (1985-86) B = Electrosound Group Midwest, Inc. R = RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis W = H.V. Waddell Co. (Not on Atlantic Releases) 16 = Sonic Recording Products, Inc./Goldisc Recording Products, Inc. 18 = Presswell 19 = Bestway Products Inc. 22 = Allied 24 = Monarch Record Mfg. Co. 25 = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria 26 = PRC Recording Company, Compton, CA 30 = Plastic Products 49 = Specialty Records Corporation 53 = Keel Mfg. (prior to ’79); Hauppauge Record Manufacturing, Ltd. (’79 and later) 54 = Shelley Products 56 = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman 70 = RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis 72 = PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN 73 = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute 74 = Electrosound Group Midwest 76 = Hub-Servall Record Mfg. Corp.
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